Plush Owl Pattern

Update: 04/26/2011 New Pattern added!

Owl Body ----> Here

Owl Parts ----> Here

Owl Parts Placement ----> Here

Instructions ----> Here

Hey all, I've decided to add a new segment of sorts to this ol' blogaroo!

I will try post a pattern or tutorial for a super sweet craft project every month (or so), just for you!

First installment, a plush owl pattern... :D

Plush Owl Pattern
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FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY NO RECREATING FOR RESALE





Materials Needed

Main Fabric: Faux fur, minky, fleece, felt, or printed Cotton ~ 1/4 Yard
Contrasting Fabric ~ 1/8 Yard
Craft or Wool Felt
Buttons or Doll Eyes
Fiber Fill
Matching Thread or Invisible Thread

Instructions

1. Print out owl pattern onto card stock or paper and cut pieces out.

2. Trace the pattern with fabric pen or pencil, onto the wrong side of fabric.

3. Cut out main body and wing pieces from fabric.

4. Trace and cut out eye pieces onto contrasting fabrics.

5. On one piece of the main body fabric (right side up), pin outer eye pieces in place, *top stitch into place.

6. Pin inner eye on top of the outer eye pieces, *top stitch into place.

*You can also glue the eyes into place, if desired.

7. Sew buttons or add plastic doll eyes in the center of the fabric eye pieces for added character.

8. Place beak in the middle of the eyes, pin, and top stitch or glue into place.

9. Sew the wings, right sides facing, leaving one side open as shown. Turn wings right side out
Pin wings in place as shown, match up the raw edges to the sides of the opening on the wings, to the main body and pin into place.

10. Match up body pieces, right sides facing, and pin together. Sew along the edge, leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance and a one inch opening at the bottom as shown.
Remove pins, clip excess fabric and notch curves, turn right side out. Stuff generously with fiber fill. Hand sew bottom opening with matching thread or invisible thread.

Enjoy your cute plush owl!

If you made this project, please be sure to let us know! Link back here or upload your cute creation to our Flickr Pool

xo
Neesy Pea

Pinafore - Popover

I came across a cute little vintage pattern from a 1970s craft book I collected from a thrift store. I tweaked the pattern slightly and came up with these, it would fit a 12-18 month old. I tried to model it on my 11 month old son, but he wouldn't have it! lol...they are both reversible.





I thought that maybe I would like to make one of these in a "big" girl size for me, kinda like an apron, and I found this awesome crafty mama's pinafore tutorial here, so I may have to give this a go too!!

♥

Dutch Oven Bread

dutch_oven_bread1
Originally uploaded by neesypea

My Mother bought me a Dutch oven as an early birthday gift. I christened it by making some No Knead Crusty Bread. It’s cooling right now! I can’t wait to devour it!




I'm usually horrible and making bread, it's either too dense or not done enough inside. This bread came out picture perfect and so so delish!!

Snow Cream!

It's snowing today in Charlotte, NC! So I had to make Snow Cream!




It tastes great, like a lighter version of vanilla ice cream, I bet it would be good with chocolate chips also! :D

Laundry Soap

I like being frugal and I try hard to come up with ways to be more economical as well as saving money. I recently was introduced to the process of making your own laundry detergent. I received a sample and was hooked. I had to try to out for myself, and boy is it easy and cleans just as good as the commercial stuff.



There are loads (no pun intended) of "recipes" out on the net for making your own laundry detergent, just Google it and you'll see what I mean.

The three basic ingredients for making home use laundry detergent are Borax, Arm & Hammer Super WASHING soda and a bar of soap. Now the Borax is super easy to find, it's usually in a box by the rest of the household cleaners at any major supermarket or big discount store. The Washing Soda is a little harder to find, your best bet is to call around before trying to find it or order some from the Internet, and no baking soda is not the same.

The bar soap varies on personal preference, really you can use anything, though most recipes call for a laundry bar soap. There is Fels Naptha, Octagon, and Zote (dollar stores) which are all high contenders in the homemade laundry detergent set.

I used Kirks Castile, which is a natural soap made with coconut oil and has a nice clean scent. I have read that the other bar soaps that will work for your soapy endeavors include Pure & Natural (3 bars for a buck at Walmart), and Ivory. You can even try even nice scented soaps like Toms of Maine or Mrs. Meyers, the possibilities are endless. I've even read that you can also use a little essential oil to boost your linens in to high scented gear, if you so desire.

If you can't find any of the basic soap making ingredients at your local grocery, try buying from this site, Soaps Gone Buy

Below is the soap I made in dry form. You always want be careful when making your own soap, do not inhale or ingest any of this and be careful around kids and pets.

1 Cup of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
1 Cup Borax (Any brand will do)
1 Bar Kirks Castile Soap, grated



The hardest part, and really it's not hard at all, is grating up the bar soap. I had a hand grater that worked perfectly. You can also use a regular cheese grater or even your food processor if you wish, just make sure to thoroughly clean all your components before using them again on food. Once the bar soap is fully grated, combine together with the borax and soda. I poured my soap into a ball jar and am now ready to start washing. That's it, your done, that took maybe 15 minutes! I still have enough borax and soda to make about three more batches, and all it would cost me is the price of another bar of soap. Easy peasy.

Now, I know what your thinking, how well does it work? It works great my friend, great! You only need one tablespoon for a normal load, maybe two if you have some really dirty duds. This soap dosen't suds up like regular commercial brands (which is great if you have an HE machine) so I was a bit skeptical at first. But everything came out nice and crisp with a slight clean scent. You can even add 1/4 cup of white vinegar to your rinse cycle to make you clothes super soft!

You can make your own laundry soap in liquid form too. Here is a link from the Simple Dollar on how to do so and here is a great video that shows the process amazingly well!

If you don't think you are brave enough to make your own laundry detergent, I recommend buying from this site Simply Clean Ok. I've tried this soap and it's quite lovely if I do say so myself!

Enjoy and go make some soap! Next up, felted wool dryer balls :)

♥

Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act

"This plush is Art for Art's sake, not intended as a toy."

I changed things up a bit with one of my best selling plush TOYS.

I hope we can change things!

Save Handmade, please. Help spread the word that handmade is OK!!

Homemade Organic Applesauce

My neighbor gave me this huge bucket of apples from her tree, so of course I had to make applesauce!

I used this recipe ...
http://www.pickyourown.org/applesauce.htm

I haven't canned any yet. I left the skins on too, and the applesauce turned pink, but it was sure yummy. I'm going to make baby puree to freeze next, but I'll take of the skins first.

I'm not sure what kind of apples they are, my neighbor didn't know either, I did a Google search I think they might be Rome or Arkansas Black apples.



It was fun, but the applesauce came out super thick! I think it was because I only have the food grinder attachment for my kitchenaid and I actually need the fruit and veggie strainer as well.

Triple Fudge Choclate Chip Cookies

I was in a festive mood yesterday so I decided to make some Halloween-y cookies.
I adapted a cookie recipe to my liking, and they came out oh so delish!

Here's the recipe...

1 stick Sweet Cream Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/3 cup Chocolate syrup
1/2 cup Buttermilk or (1/2 tablespoon lemon juice in 1/2 cup Milk)
1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 cup Milk Chocolate Chips, set one cup a side
Festive Sprinkles

Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine cocoa and buttermilk and chocolate syrup in a separate bowl, beat until smooth. Add to creamed mixture. Add flour, baking soda and salt, beating just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes or until centers are almost set. Remove from cookie sheet while hot, let cool.
In a double broiler (or microwave) melt the remaining milk chocolate chips until smooth & creamy, spread or dip half of the cooled cookies in the chocolate and add sprinkles, place on wax paper while the chocolate sets. Eat and try not to devour them all in one setting!

Oatmeal Cookies, Yum!

1. Anthropolgie Apron, 2. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Vintage Book, 3. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - The Recipe, 4. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Oats, 5. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Crackin' The Eggs, 6. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Sifting, 7. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Mixture, 8. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Perfect Portions, 9. Baking Oatmeal Cookies - Fin

Ice Cream Cone Rattles

This was a collaboration between me and my mother. I told her what I wanted and she crocheted them up for me and I stuffed them and added the rattle...




Here's Holden "modeling" it for me in his vintage jon-jon outfit.


Now available in the shop!

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Hello My Name Is Gallery ~ Plush Show

If you live in or around New Haven Connecticut please stop by
Hello My Name Is Gallery on April 5th!




I made a cute eggplant plush for this show!



xo
Neesy

Charlotte Craft Mafia in The Press!

If you don't know already, I'm in a local Craft Mafia group here in Charlotte, NC.

The Charlotte Craft Mafia is featured in the Charlotte Observer today in the Style Section. We are all so excited since this is our first big press that we've received as a group!

You can read the online version here
CCM Observer Story

And you see a slide show of our pictures here (I'm the preggo lady)
CCM Observer Pics

Gallery Crawl Show!

Charlotte Craft Mafia Gallery Crawl Show This Weekend!

Come join the CCM on Saturday March 8th, 2008 at the Century Vintage from 6pm-10.

We'll have super fine handmade wares, yummy baked goods and more!

Hope to see you there!! ...
Century Vintage
1608 Central Ave
Charlotte, NC

Craftopia - Charlotte NC

The Charlotte Craft Mafia is teaming up with our local girl scouts, and together we are hosting a craft show called Craftopia.

The show is open to all, click the pic below for more info and the vendor application. Hope to see you there!




Saturday, April 19, 2008
10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Located in SE Charlotte, near Ballantyne
10140 Providence Church Lane
Charlotte, NC 28277

My Craft Stash - Etsy Shop!

Etsy Buy Handmade mycraftstash

I am a self proclaimed hoarder, collector, and pack rat.
So, I started this craft supply site as way to unclutter my life and pass the super fab goodies along to you!



I hope you enjoy all I have to offer ♥

Heyday Fashion in BUST!

Hey kids don't forget to check out the new issue of BUST Mag!



And when you do, look on Page 62 in the holiday gift guide section, you will see one of my "I Luv Your Guts Monsters", which on are sale right now for $20!!

Design Sponge City Guide

The Design Sponge Blog did a sweet write up on my "new" home town, Charlotte NC!

They also listed Heyday Fashion as one of their local designers, *blush*

Charlotte really is a beautiful city with a booming arts district, and now you a read all about it for your self ... Design Sponge City Guide

Happy Acorn Tote

Happy Acorn Tote
Originally uploaded by neesypea

I finally tried my hand at screen printing. Wow it was a lot easier than I thought!! I made this little happy acorn print using Adobe Illustrator and printed him on a muslin tote.

A few of these cuties will be added to the shop soon.

♥

New Shops Carry Heyday Goods!

You can now find my cute food stuffies at ...


Seattle, Washington


And my Snazzy Camera Straps at ...